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  • August 30, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Former KPMG Executives Indicted; Firm to Pay $456 Million Eight former executives of accounting firm KPMG were indicted yesterday and the firm agreed to pay $456 million

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  • November 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law Firms Face New Rules on Retirement

    With hordes of attorneys poised to assume senior status, achieving a consensus among partners to ditch mandatory retirement policies is just the first step -- and perhaps the easiest -- in switchin

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  • January 6, 2003 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMPAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced that two lawyers in its D.C. office -- Paul Mirengoff and Daniel McInnis -- have been elected partner.

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  • April 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Linguistically Insolvent

    Kenneth Klee spent his early career as a congressional staffer, drafting the 1978 law that established the framework for the bankruptcy system. From 1992 to 2000 he served as legislative chair

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  • November 21, 2002 | Legal Times

    For Law Firms, a Huge Pro Bono Effort

    The number of pro bono hours clocked by firms across the District in Pigford v. Veneman is staggering.Covington & Burling has played a dual role, handling its own cases and

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  • July 31, 2008 | Law.com

    Associates Survey 2008

    Ranking The Firms: National Rank

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  • February 10, 2005 | Special To Law.Com

    The Dynamic Duo of Law Firm Dining

    About five years ago, two law firm associates working late were searching for dinner menus and ended up finding new careers. When they founded

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  • December 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    General Electric / Transamerica Finance

    General Electric Company didn't take much of a vacation this past summer. The conglomerate, which has been feverishly shuffling assets at its financing units, announced its biggest deal of the

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  • February 24, 2000 | Alm

    Court Reluctant to Get Involved in HMO Dispute

    Supreme Court justices have been heard to joke that if they get on Chief Justice William Rehnquist's bad side, he retaliates by assigning them to write ERISA decisions. On Wednesday, the Cou

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  • March 1, 2005 |

    Practice Tip: Last Things First: How Starting with Jury Instructions Can Help Trial Preparations Fall into Place

    We have all been there. That settlement conference that you think is going to resolve the case does just the opposite. Opposing counsel's parting words are "we'll see what a jury has to say about t

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